HyperDic: rooting_reflex

English > 1 sense of the expression rooting reflex:
NOUNactrooting reflexreflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek
English > rooting reflex: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningreflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek.
Broaderreflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reactionAn automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

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